At the age of ten, David-Michael Cook became alerted to the fact that within every moment is the chance to open more fully to the universe. He spends a surprisingly large chunk of time informing others of this fact, and/or appearing completely overcome with excitement at the sheer beauty of whatever is happening.
D.M. is an award-winning writer, filmmaker and photographer, raging Mac fanatic and junior at Bennington College in Vermont, where he studies cognitive science and photography, and where he recently met the most amazing girl in the world (who is now the most amazing girlfriend in the world). He has an intense love of very small, well-crafted objects as well as the interplay between technology and culture. (Is it any wonder he had one of the very first iPods?) He is probably losing his mind, but is enjoying the process immensely.At the moment, D.M. is knee-deep in research on the biological basis of human perception, and is writing a “memoir of sorts” about his experiences in the field. He is also trying to create an entirely new user interface paradigm for computer operating systems (chucking the window/desktop/icon metaphor entirely)– if you have any suggestions on how to turn ideas and drawings into software demos, let him know!
DM lives less than 100 feet from the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, and both his parents were home when “it” happened–but are all fine, including the cat (who miraculously survived for 33 days before he could be retrieved). After 18 months of heavy cleanup, the family was able to move back to the building, albeit with a very different view out the window. For more information on that journey home, be sure to check out his dad’s website on the subject. DM is obsessive about personal evolution, “lifehacks”, neuroscience, music, the potential for technology to do and be more than it has, mental/spiritual growth, and pursuit of the divine in everyday life. These interests, along with many others, form the basis of Evolation and its sister site, music{at}evolation, as well as his portfolio at Beauty in Chaos : Blue Fusion Media. For a more day-to-day sense of his “life” online, check out the Tumblelog– snippets of his activity from across the Web. And for a daily dose of imagery, be sure to check out the Beauty in Chaos Photoblog– a new photo (almost) every day! DM would like you to remember that life is more beautiful and more terrible than we can ever understand — and that no matter what one does with your life, one should do it with everything they are. He would very much like to meet you!